Opal Amparo

Opal Amparo Salazar is a 24 year old young woman. She is single, and she lives with her parents in her uncle’s house.

Opal sells clothes for women and men. She also sells shoes. She has been doing this for five years. During the times she is not at her business her mother tends to it. Opal also attends the university.

She will use the loan to buy bundles of clothes. She says that she is very happy because things are going well for her in her business. She wishes to expand it in the future.

Additional Information

Prisma Honduras, S.A.

This loan is administered by Prisma Honduras. Prisma is one of Kiva's first field partners in Central America and has funded over 2,500 entrepreneurs through Kiva since 2008. Prisma funds smaller than average loans for micro-entrepreneurs to help them grow businesses in urban and rural areas. To improve living conditions in Honduras, the organization strives to empower women who lack access to traditional financial services, and promotes solar panels to deliver clean, affordable electricity to rural areas. Through its four branches in southern and central Honduras, Prisma provides access to financial products to some of the poorest and most isolated communities in the country.